they're having a mock draft special on NFL network right now and there are 15 employees making picks and Mayock is hosting as the draft commisioner. Mooch just picked Lane Johnson with the Lions 5th pick and the room as a whole raved about Lane more so than any of the other guys already picked. 3 or 4 of them said he's "Maybe the best player in this draft" and he definitely has the most upside of any player in the draft. Thought it was interesting how highly thought of he was by the coaches, analysts and scouts employed by the network.

Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:50 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

swerve13 wrote:

Thought it was interesting how highly thought of he was by the coaches, analysts and scouts employed by the network.

The flipside of that coin is that these guys aren't working in the NFL, but rather on the NFL Network...

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Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:52 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

Wow swerve makes another thread about his love affair... what a surprise...

Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:54 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

IamPZ wrote:

Wow swerve makes another thread about his love affair... what a surprise...

not really a love affair....Tackles aren't that exciting for me.just reporting what I keep reading and seeing. Johnson gets more praise than most of the top prospects, I have to believe this guy is going to be awesome.

I haven't mentioned Johnson in 2 weeks man, stop letting it bother you so much.

Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:57 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

they gave us Xavier Rhodes at 12, but they said we'd be tryin like hell to trade down.

Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:05 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

swerve13 wrote:

they're having a mock draft special on NFL network right now and there are 15 employees making picks and Mayock is hosting as the draft commisioner. Mooch just picked Lane Johnson with the Lions 5th pick and the room as a whole raved about Lane more so than any of the other guys already picked. 3 or 4 of them said he's "Maybe the best player in this draft" and he definitely has the most upside of any player in the draft. Thought it was interesting how highly thought of he was by the coaches, analysts and scouts employed by the network.

The only pick that was argued against was Michael Irvin taking the Geno Smith at #2, every other pick was met with a good response by most in the room.

Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:18 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

Well us taking Rhodes over Milliner seemed to be argued off camera... she said "I received a lot of flack for the Rhodes pick, but got it right with Manti T'eo"

Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:51 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

Eifert dropped all the way to 29 to Atlanta in this mock draft.......no way, no how!

Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:19 pm

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Re: Lane Johnson (Network Mock)

swerve13 wrote:

IamPZ wrote:

Wow swerve makes another thread about his love affair... what a surprise...

not really a love affair....Tackles aren't that exciting for me.just reporting what I keep reading and seeing. Johnson gets more praise than most of the top prospects, I have to believe this guy is going to be awesome.

I haven't mentioned Johnson in 2 weeks man, stop letting it bother you so much.